DURING the past five years there has been an increasing interest in this class 

 of plants, and each year helps to establish more firmly their popularity. 

 There is no greater satisfaction to one who really loves his garden than to watch 

 some last year's favorite come up in its accustomed place when spring approaches, 

 like the wildwood flowers that return to us with every season and require no hand 

 to plant or tend them. We offer in the following list a selection of the very best, 

 not only for garden work but suitable for planting along the borders of woods, in 

 boggy land, for rockery work, and as a ground-cover for bare spaces under trees 

 where grass will not grow. This is but a partial list of our stock, and if sorts 

 are needed that are not given here, write us about them. 



Descriptions are given as follows : First the height, then the time of bloom- 

 ing, next color of the flower, followed by any special remarks. 



ACHILLEA filipendulina. Noble Yarrow. 2 feet; July; golden yellow. 

 The flowers are borne in flat corymbs. Vigorous and showy. 



A. millefolium, var. roseum. Rosy Milfoil. 18 inches; all summer; 

 bright pink ; flowers in dense heads on good stems for cutting ; an excellent 

 border plant. Foliage dark green and finely cut. 



A. Ptarmica, var. The Pearl. 2 feet; all summer; pure white; flowers 

 in broad heads on strong stems. Excellent for cutting. 



A. tomentosum. Woolly Yarrow. 12 inches; June; bright yellow; 

 flowers in flat heads ; foliage deeply cut and handsome. Excellent for the 

 rockery, or for dry, sunny slopes. 



ACONITUM Fischeri. Monk's Hood. 3 feet; September and Octo- 

 ber ; pale blue. Thrives in sunny or shady places. 



A. Lycoctonum. Wolf's-bane. 3 feet; June to September; yellow or 

 creamy white ; flowers in branching spikes, and very showy. These are very 

 poisonous plants, and should be planted where there is no danger of children 

 eating any part of them. Nothing succeeds better under trees and in shady 

 positions. 



ADONIS vernalis. Spring Adonis. I foot; April and May; yellow. 

 One of the earliest spring flowers, with fine, feathery foliage. Thrives in sun 

 or partial shade ; excellent for rockwork or borders. 



ALTHAEA rosea. Hollyhock. Beginning with July, their large spikes 

 of beautiful showy flowers, in all colors, and in both single and double forms, 

 are not surpassed by any other garden plant. They thrive best in a well- 

 drained situation, and in rich, deep soil. 



NAMED VARIETIES. We offer a selection of ten excellent named sorts, 

 covering a full range of color. 



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